An overview of soil and soilless cultivation techniques—chances, challenges and the neglected question of sustainability

A Fussy, J Papenbrock - Plants, 2022 - mdpi.com
Resources such as fertile soil and clean water are already limited in many parts of the world.
Additionally, the conventional use of arable land is becoming increasingly difficult, which is …

Beyond vegetables: effects of indoor LED light on specialized metabolite biosynthesis in medicinal and aromatic plants, edible flowers, and microgreens

E Appolloni, G Pennisi, I Zauli, L Carotti… - Journal of the …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Specialized metabolites from plants are important for human health due to their antioxidant
properties. Light is one of the main factors modulating the biosynthesis of specialized …

Assessment of total phenolic and flavonoid content, antioxidant properties, and yield of aeroponically and conventionally grown leafy vegetables and fruit crops: A …

S Chandra, S Khan, B Avula, H Lata… - Evidence‐Based …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
A comparison of the product yield, total phenolics, total flavonoids, and antioxidant
properties was done in different leafy vegetables/herbs (basil, chard, parsley, and red kale) …

[HTML][HTML] Comparing root exudate collection techniques: An improved hybrid method

A Williams, H Langridge, AL Straathof, G Fox… - Soil Biology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Plant-microbe interactions are critical for ecosystem functioning and drive rhizosphere
processes. Root exudates are an important soil carbon (C) input, as well as a mechanism for …

Effect of biofertilizers on leaf yield, nitrate amount, mineral content and antioxidants of basil (Ocimum basilicum L.) in a floating culture

HY Dasgan, A Aldiyab, F Elgudayem, B Ikiz… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
Hydroponics is one of the systems in agriculture which reinforce productivity by controlling
environmental and growing conditions. In this study, we evaluated the effect of three bio …

Evaluation of Antioxidant and Antimicrobial Activities and Phenolic Profile for Hyssopus officinalis, Ocimum basilicum and Teucrium chamaedrys

L Vlase, D Benedec, D Hanganu, G Damian, I Csillag… - Molecules, 2014 - mdpi.com
This study was designed to examine the in vitro antioxidant and antimicrobial activities and
to characterize the polyphenolic composition of the ethanolic extracts of Hyssopus officinalis …

Metabolite profiling of non‐sterile rhizosphere soil

P Pétriacq, A Williams, A Cotton… - The Plant …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Rhizosphere chemistry is the sum of root exudation chemicals, their breakdown products
and the microbial products of soil‐derived chemicals. To date, most studies about root …

[PDF][PDF] Hydroponics–A review

S Jan, Z Rashid, TA Ahngar, S Iqbal… - … Journal of Current …, 2020 - researchgate.net
Hydroponics can be briefly defined as cultivation of plants without soil (Savvas, 2017). In
short, hydroponics, a Greek word meaning “hydro”(water) and “ponos”(labour) is the method …

Responses of sweet basil to different daily light integrals in photosynthesis, morphology, yield, and nutritional quality

H Dou, G Niu, M Gu, JG Masabni - HortScience, 2018 - journals.ashs.org
Consumption of basil (Ocimum basilicum) has been increasing worldwide in recent years
because of its unique aromatic flavor and relatively high concentration of phenolics. To …

Comparative cultivation and biochemical analysis of iceberg lettuce grown in sand soil and hydroponics with or without microbubbles and macrobubbles

MS Abu-Shahba, MM Mansour, HI Mohamed… - Journal of Soil Science …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract Freshwater resources comprise only 2.5–2.75% of all water on the Earth, 1.75–2%
from them are frozen. We urgently desperately need to conserve water and find an effective …